Today the SEC adopted sweeping disclosure requirements by which public companies over the next few years will compel detailed recitation of two kinds of climate information: what the company emits directly and indirectly, and what risk it fears from climate … Continue reading
Category Archives: I’ve Been Thinking
I was struck today by the flow of news that continually pours over my desk from myriad sources, including from the NYTimes, the legal press, several data services, the SEC, as well as thinking from my clients who are investors … Continue reading
Today the SEC issued its report on the definition of an “accredited investor” under the Securities Act of 1933. This report is not only a cautionary tale for the future of capital raises exempt from substantial SEC regulation, but also … Continue reading
Who is Hinton? The godfather of AI, winner of the Turing Prize, left Google earlier this year due to the potential “existential threat” that AI presents to the human species. Single most quoted expert on GAI in the world, period. … Continue reading
The new movie Oppenheimer spends three hours tracking the rise and fall of the inventor of the A-bomb; no doubt you have heard of this opus, which is so good that it even comes close to the ratings of Barbie. What is most … Continue reading
The obvious first issues that the SEC should be concerned about, as GAI advances, are that businesses do not lie about either their use of AI or how they protect themselves from being harmed by third party GAI. In fact, … Continue reading
Current press coverage is full of articles and columns extolling the advantages of AI in business. These articles form a counterpoint to the scare risk scenarios which grabbed the early headlines. The gist is that at least in its current … Continue reading
You need to bear with me on this long post; skip it if you are not interested in a completely different analysis of GAI risk. It has been a couple of weeks since I posted on GAI, during which time … Continue reading
I am not making this up. It was reported two days ago that two Ivy League student athletes, a male and a female it seems, have sued all eight Ivy League schools, asserting a class action on behalf of more … Continue reading
Bing’s Chatbox has been much in the news and much reviled on several levels; the New York Times a few days ago did quite a number on its allegedly dangerous functionality. To me, there was an eerie similarity to the … Continue reading